About This Episode
What is this episode about?
The episode "The Gypsy Rose Obsession, Part 7" from PRETEND: True Crime Podcast Explores Con Artists and Scammers covers a batch of Gypsy Rose Blanchard's recorded prison calls, released by the State of Missouri to a content creator four days after they were requested. Because Gypsy Rose had already taken her plea and could not be tried again, she spoke freely on the line, and the episode plays through what that candor actually sounds like.
Listeners hear her calculating how rich she expects to become after release, and how everyone around her seems to be angling for a piece of the story. She talks with her stepmother Kristy about Mother's Day being both a good and a sad holiday, describes what she plans to do to Fancy Macelli once she is out, and reads through a pile of letters from men who wrote to her after seeing her on television. One call about a broken denture reveals she used an oncology dental clinic that will no longer treat her now that she is not a cancer patient, a detail the internet has flagged as significant. Leaked calls with her attorney, Mike Stanfield, are also included. The episode notes that Missouri has since released Nick Godejohn's calls as well, meaning more material from this archive is expected.
This entry is part of the ongoing The Gypsy Rose Obsession series.
Hosts and release
No host is credited by name in the show's own data; the episode was written and produced by Javier Leiva, edited by Puneeth Shenoy with the Podcast Pundits, and credits were read by Beau Hale. It runs 43 minutes and was released on September 22, 2026, available through PRETEND: True Crime Podcast Explores Con Artists and Scammers.
